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Re:Modern software performance is firmly in its “beyond paro... by bin_bash on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:27AM (#35352568)
> from scratch

they replaced electron with a MS Edge Web View which is still running V8. I wouldn't say they rewrote it "from scratch"—that would be more like rewriting it in C#

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Re:Modern software performance is firmly in its “beyond paro... by brundolf on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:42AM (#35352693)
They also transitioned from Angular to React, which is not a natural transition, so it probably was nearly a rewrite
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Re:Modern software performance is firmly in its “beyond paro... by DANmode on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:18AM (#35353320)
That's what the blog post refers to it as.
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